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Set in Iran at the end of the 19th Century ―in the Persian royal court of the Qajars―, In The Palace of Flowers is an atmospheric historical novel about Jamila, an Abyssinian slave who stands at the funeral of a Persian nobleman, watching the rites with empty eyes. In that very moment, she realises that her life will never be acknowledged or mourned with the same significance. The fear of being forgotten, of being irrelevant, sets her and Abimelech, a fellow Abyssinian slave and a eunuch, on a path to find meaning, navigating the dangerous and deadly politics of the royal court, both in the government and the harem, before leading her to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. Love, friendship and the bitter politics within the harem, the court and the Shah’s sons and advisors will set the fate of these two slaves. Highly accomplished, richly textured and elegantly written, In The Palace of Flowers is a magnificent novel about the fear of being forgotten.
This was an amazing book. Learned a bit the history of iran as well as separate class system. Overall a different type of novel than I have ever read, with characters that are so vivid, from the first chapter I started caring for them and how their journeys would unfold. I think the whole story too is interesting. The fact they both remember their previous lives is interesting. It’s easier to think of someone born into slavery, being docile and accepting that way of life being born a slave. But meeting these two characters and describing their loss of dignity, autonomy to their bodies (the sense of aliveness in rebelliousness and pride Jamila described) etc it’s just a narrative that will stay in my mind for long. It’s fiction books like these that make you feel like you’ve met the characters that stay in your mind for decades and in some ways they enrich and define your own life too.Definitely will be looking forward to more novels from this author
